That meant the defending champions, Rory McIlroy, who won the 2025 Masters less than two weeks ago to complete the career Grand Slam, and his partner, Shane Lowry, could be aggressive from the start.

Defending champions Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry will go out at 1:49 p.m. EDT.Here's a look at the full tee times and pairings for Friday at TPC Louisiana (click here for format and how to watch):TIMETEETEAMTEAM8:50 AMEDT10Bud CauleyKevin TwayDoug GhimChan Kim8:50 AMEDT1Cameron ChampLanto GriffinBeau HosslerAndrew Putnam9:01 AMEDT10Jacob BridgemanChandler PhillipsSami ValimakiBen Silverman9:01 AMEDT1Bill HaasMartin LairdDylan WuDavid Lipsky9:12 AMEDT10Joel DahmenHarry HiggsBen GriffinAndrew Novak9:12 AMEDT1Henrik NorlanderLuke ListAdam SchenkTyler Duncan9:23 AMEDT10Wyndham ClarkTaylor MooreCollin MorikawaKurt Kitayama9:23 AMEDT1Max GreysermanNico EchavarriaKevin YuJhonattan Vegas9:34 AMEDT10Robert MacIntyreThomas DetryAlex FitzpatrickMatt Fitzpatrick9:34 AMEDT1Si Woo KimSangmoon BaeRyan PalmerZach Johnson9:45 AMEDT10Garrick HiggoRyan FoxAdam HadwinNick Taylor9:45 AMEDT1Luke DonaldCamilo VillegasCharley HoffmanNick Watney9:56 AMEDT10Matt McCartyMason AndersenChris GotterupQuade Cummins9:56 AMEDT1Joe HighsmithAlejandro TostiMatt WallaceThorbjørn Olesen10:07 AMEDT10Matthew RiedelWill GordonMac MeissnerNoah Goodwin10:07 AMEDT1Hayden SpringerNate LashleyVince WhaleyAnders Albertson10:18 AMEDT10Will ChandlerMatt NeSmithJeremy PaulYannik Paul10:18 AMEDT1Hayden BuckleyBraden ThornberryJesper SvenssonNiklas Norgaard10:29 AMEDT10Cristobal Del SolarMatteo ManasseroAngel AyoraAlejandro Del Rey10:29 AMEDT1Pierceson CoodyJackson SuberWilliam MouwRicky Castillo1:05 PMEDT10Jonathan ByrdChesson HadleyPatrick FishburnZac Blair1:05 PMEDT1Rico HoeySam RyderAlex SmalleyJoseph Bramlett1:16 PMEDT10Robert StrebTroy MerrittChad RameyJustin Lower1:16 PMEDT1J.

It's never a good thing to have too many swing thoughts in your head over the ball. It's even worse when they're of the negative variety. This is true even among the best players in the world, something we saw play out on Wednesday at the Zurich Classic.